Thanks for your contributions -please keep them coming - to Joy Good ([email protected]) Proud to be a Pacer WYWL XC Congratulations to our ace Men’s Team at the West Yorkshire Winter League Cross Country League who came first News Reports A very well done to all those taking part and a magnificent second place overall Power of 10 v Run Britain GB Walks Cross Training – swimming YVAA Calderdale Relay Congratulations to our prize winners in the West Yorkshire Training Winter League Cross Country League for 2012-13: 1st M40 Nigel Armitage Puma Pudsey 10k 1st M45 Paul Gaile nd 2 M40 Rogan Ashton 2nd M50 Rob Samuels South Dales 3rd M45 Graeme Tiffany Circuit 1st M60 Jim Wheldon 1st M65 Roy Bamford Dates for your Diary 1 West Yorkshire Cross Country Winter League v PECO – Dave Butler In the first inter league race the might of WYWL took on PECO. A true David & Goliath battle. In a bitter wind chill below freezing the teams ran the 3.5 laps around Temple Newsam. Two Pacers were in the select WYWL squad James Clark (Open) and Robert Samuels (M50+). Both helped their 3 man relay team beat their rivals. Of the six categories Open , M40+ and M50+ (Male & Female versions) WYWL won 4 vs 2. Additionally Pudsey Pacers had a good showing with 4 teams out representing: Team 1 : Darren Burnley , David Woodhead and Rogan Ashton Team 2 : Dave Butler , Mark Dixon and Steve Pattison Team 3 : Mark Smith , Neil Wallace and Dave Butler Team 4 : Jessica Roberts , Carole Parkinson and Dave Roberts Solid performances from the old guard and impressive efforts from the young guns. Well done to all. News reports Keep those results and reports coming – [email protected] 25/2/13 Last week heading over to the other side of the Pennines and competing in the Parbold Hill Race (6.75 miles over Parbold hill via farmers fields, roads and mud tracks), Gary Bailey finished in a top 10 position in 47:53 and Karen Pickles, 1st F40 and 2nd lady home in 53:31. Well done both. Heading down south to compete in Brighton Half Marathon on a bright sunny morning, David Coleman, achieved a brand new shiny PB with an impressive 1:25:19. David finished 143rd in a field of over 7500. Excellent running. This week travelling even further afield, our very own globe trotting Pacer, Andrew Smithurst, experienced the highs and lows of the Hong Kong half marathon. With 72,000 runners taking part in the three events (full marathon, half marathon and 10k), Andrew completed the half (which started at the unearthly hour of 6.00am -gulp!) in 2:30:15. Over in Blackpool for the 24th Great North West Half Marathon a small merry band of Pacers enjoyed a day at the seaside. Running were Loretta Robson 1:52:01, Anna Kirby 1:53:01, Elaine Allen 1:55:15, Carol Parkinson 2:09:52 and John Woodhead in 2:09:53. Finally some races in Yorkshire to report. In the Snake Lane 10 mile race Anne Gowing ran in 1:33:30 and Graham Fisher achieving a 10 mile PB by some 6 minutes in 1:33:54. Superb impovement! A sole Pacer tackled the Ilkley Fell Race. Darryl Stead completed the 8k, 401m climb route in 52:54. 2 Park Run News - PB's at Bradford Park Run for Antony Mawson 24:14, David Hobbins 28:57 and Danielle Hawnt 29:33. Other pacers running - Vince Bussingham 21:36, Andrew Byrom 22:33, Neil Wallace 22:53, Chris Godbold 26:10. Travelling to the inaugural Scunthorpe park run, Graham Fisher ran 26:11, narrowly missing out on a PB. Next time Graham! News from Huddersfield 10k - Joy Warman reports "a tough little 10k with some mean hills but an awesome effort by Helen Davies and Joy Warman (Guide). Helen wanted to challenge herself by getting in the middle of the field on the start line instead of doing her usual back of the pack start! As you can imagine for Helen the start can be one of the scariest parts with all those feet and so much to concentrate on for both Helen and her guide....But we settled down, hit the hills hard, worked well as a team and achieved a fantastic time of 56.45s (not yet official)". 4/3/13 News this week is much closer to home with all races taking place in Yorkshire. The weather was kinder to us as well – has spring arrived? The main event this weekend was the cross country race in Dewsbury. It was all to run for in the final race of the West Yorkshire Winter League season. Going into the race the men’s team were leading by a mere 26 points. Stainland had reduced the lead by 30 points at the penultimate race at Skipton so it was going to be a closely contested battle in the final race. 19 Pacers men and 3 women lined up on the start line. Our men’s team ran superbly coming 2nd on the day but maintaining 1st place over the season and bringing the mens first place trophy home. The seven male counters were Nigel Armitage (6th), James Clark (7th), Rogan Ashton (8th), Darren Burnley, running well after a 6 month break from racing due to injury (10th), Robert Samuels (23rd), Graeme Tiffany (30th) and Richard Gibson (32nd). Other men representing the club were Dave Woodhead, Rich Allen, Rob Dixon, Mark Dixson, Dave Butler, Mark Smith, Neil Wallace, Roy Bamford, Jon Popiolek, David Roberts, Neil Berry and John Woodhead. The ladies were led home by Trish Popiolek followed by Sarah Turner and Jessica Roberts. Overall for the season provisional results were men’s team 1st, women’s team 7th, vets team 2nd, and combine overall position 2nd. Some very strong performances by many of our men which is evidenced by the large number of trophies won. Provisional individual trophies for the following members – Nigel Armitage 1st M40, Rogan Ashton 2nd M40, Paul Gaile 1st M45, 3 Graeme Tiffany 3rd M45, Robert Samuels 2nd M50, Jim Wheldon 1st M60 and Roy Bamford 1st M65. Congratulations to all! Full results will be found soon on www.wymedia.co.uk. In the south of the county participating in the Norton 9 mile scenic road race was sole Pacer, Sue Ransome. Sue achieved an excellent time of 66:53mins coming 1st F55. Well done Sue. Opting for the hills and testing their endurance Mark Nolan and Steve Pattinson trotted with the trolls in the 25 mile Trollers Trot in the Yorkshire Dales. A tough course with 3064ft of ascent was completed in very respectable times - Mark Nolan in 3:53 hours and Steve Pattinson in 4:16 hours. Parkrun news this week - at Bradford parkrun PB’s for Mark Smith (21:46), Helen Davies (26:13) (guided by Andrew Byrom), Danielle Hawnt (29:13) and opting for Roundhay parkrun, Chris Smith achieved a course PB of 22:01. 11/3/13 A very well done to all our brave members out racing in the bleak wintery conditions this weekend. First out of the starting blocks this weekend on Saturday was Neil Wallace finishing in 54:51 (unofficial time) at the appropriately named Windmill Whizz , which is a 7mile, 801ft (244m) climb on the moors to the wind turbines, starting and finishing at Ogden Water near Haworth. Opting for a rather longer run (suspect they may be in marathon training) and running the infamous Spen 20, a very testing hilly course, were Dave Cooper 2:42:26 leading the Pacers home, followed very closely by Jonathan Smithurst 2:42:46, and then Jenny Cooper 3:02:28 and Sara Demaine 3:38:50. Well done all - only another 6 miles to go! In the first inter league race the might of West Yorkshire Winter League (WYWL) took on PECO. A true David & Goliath battle. In a bitter wind chill below freezing the teams ran the 3.5 laps around Temple Newsam. Two Pacers were in the select WYWL squad James Clark (Open) and Robert Samuels (M50+). Both helped their 3 man relay team beat their rivals. Of the six categories Open , M40+ and M50+ (Male & Female versions) WYWL won 4 vs 2. Additionally Pudsey Pacers had a good showing with 4 teams out representing Team 1 : Darren Burnley , David Woodhead and Rogan Ashton Team 2 : Dave Butler , Mark Dixon and Steve Pattison Team 3 : Mark Smith , Neil Wallace and Dave Butler Team 4 :Jessica Roberts , Carole Parkinson and David Roberts Solid performances from the old guard and impressive efforts from the young guns. Well done to all. Finally, highlights of parkrun news this week - at Bradford, Nigel Armitage finished in first place in 18:02 and a course PB for Graham Fisher in 27:12. 19/3/13 Many races to report on this week with Pacers racing on both sides of the country. 4 On the west coast at Lytham St Anne's we had coach Dave Burdon tackling the Ultrafit St Anne's 10 mile race in an impressive time of 1:13:22 Also over in Lancashire, pacers in marathon training ran the Trimpell 20, all achieving PB's. Very well done all and in particular special mention to Sue Ransome, who added to her tally of prizes with a well deserved 1st F55 finishing first pacer home in 2:35:11. Sue was followed home by Neil Wallace 2:41:35; Andrew Byrom 2:48:33; Anna Kirby 2:56:30: Loretta Robson 2:58:36; Wendy Stephenson 4:44:18; and Karen Wilcock 4:44:19.